In Western art there are several main    1    （风格）from the 5th century to the modern times. The time between the 5th    2    the 15th century AD was the Middle Ages, during    3    painters showed respect and love for God in their paintings. Then in the Renaissance, people    4    （concentrate）more on human and less on religion. Massaccio was the first person    5    （use）perspective, without which people would not have been able to paint such realistic pictures. From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the Impressionists began to pain outdoors. At first, their paintings were    6    （有争议的）, and people said they were ridiculous. But today they are accepted as the beginning of    7    we call “modern art”.

The Chinese writing system has changed a lot. At first，    1    (write) Chinese characters were symbols carved on animal bones and shells. After the Shang Dynasty, these symbols developed into a system which included     2    (variety) of dialects and characters.In the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Qinshihuang ordered to unify the characters,which made     3     easier for people to communicate with each other. Now the Chinese writing system is     4    (difference) from what it used to be in ancient times. However, it is of great importance    5    connecting China’s present with its past and getting more people to appreciate China’s culture.

4 . A valuable sketch (素描) from World WarⅠhas turned up in a garage sale in Perth. It’s a sketch of soldiers playing soccer with a tin can during an unofficial truce (停战) between German and Allied soldiers on the Western Front in 1914. The artwork was drawn by an unnamed German soldier during the war on the Western Front.

The artwork was given to Private Jack Shelley, a British soldier, when he was defending the town of Frelinghien, France. The sketch is an important historical document, as it provides evidence that the tales of enemy soldiers socializing together are true. But for Private Shelley’s descendants(后代) it has even greater value, since it was his prized possession. Jessie Shelley, Jack’s great-granddaughter, has fond memories of the old man sharing stories about his experiences in the war when he came to live permanently in Australia in 1930. the family lost track of the artwork after Jack’s possessions were moved during the sale of his house when he died in 1984.

‘Great-grandpa had a tobacco tin with a dozen or so buttons from the uniforms of men from both sides. He told us all the details of every one of those buttons. To Great-grandpa they represented real people he had known, some of whom hadn’t come home from the war. He had at least two buttons from German uniforms that he told us were exchanged between the men involved in the Christmas Day Truce.’

On Christmas Day of 1914, the soldiers came out of their trenches(战壕) into no-man’s-land and shared food, drinks and cigarettes. Some even exchanged small gifts. The men even played football games together. Later, this spirit of cooperation continued in unofficial agreements between the sides to stop shooting at mealtimes and even at times when soldiers were working in the open.

This fascinating image of peace and humanity during the war has continued through the years. The sketch is a symbol of the potential for humanity, hope and kindness to exist in even the most violent circumstances.